Jordan ends border enclaves land lease for Israeli farmers
These are external links and will open in a new window/ The King of Jordan has announced the end of a lease agreement that gave Israelis access to two border enclaves. Under a 1994 peace treaty, Israeli farmers could cultivate land in the Jordanian areas of Naharayim and Tzofar - known as Baqura and Ghamr in Arabic. The lease governing them was for 25 years, but could have been extended. However King Abdullah announced last year that he planned to end the lease - in what was seen as a sign of worsening ties between Jordan and Israel. At the ...
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